Poll time: CD-ROM useless?

[Boone]

Poll time!

[hoxlund]

Well I have 1 DVD drive and 1 liteon 48x cdrw drive, i mostly burn cd images, so i dont burn from cd to cd. Everything is copy protected now, so you need to make a cd image

[eliminator]

Acer 56x, Asus 52x, Pioneer 106s, Teac W540E ... and add whatewer comes out to my liking - wild & FAST

[hoxlund]

hehe, i firmware changed my aopen slot dvd to the pioneer 106, now i can watch any region dvd, my aopen was region locked. i still keep the old aopen firmware just in case.

[eliminator]

Actually, that's exactly what I did too ! - I consider it an ORIGINAL Pioneer - Made in Japan

[hoxlund]

we are sneaky, hey eliminator, which firmware file are you using? pm me, i might be intrested in taking a look at the file.

[eliminator]

It's all here http://www.firmware.fr.st/

[WEH]

I bought a DVD burner (Pioneer) and a CDRW combo drive (Plextor).

[manni]

My Sony 52x CD-ROM is still in daily use. When it's time for CD to CD copy, it works well with Sony 12x/8x/32x CD-RW.

[NeilPeart]

While I love my Lite-on LTD-165H and Teac CDW-540E, no drive can match the quality/speed ratio of my Plextor UltraPlex 40Max 40TSi (though my Asus CD-520 52X CD-ROM comes damn close). It's unfortunate that the newer drives are still lacking one great feature: accurate (above all) and fast DAE. I've recently read that Plextor may be ceasing production of the 40Max. I may have to purchase a couple "back-up drives" if that fateful day ever arrives. If I don't, my venerable Plextor 12/10/32S may miss his older brother.

[Ian]

I think they have ceased production of those drives. What they're selling now is just the stock they have in warehouses.

[NeilPeart]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO



Thanks for confirming the sad news, Ian.

[cfec]

I'm not sure about clean DAE from CD-RW drives. Read this thread:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... 9659#39659